HP-Compaq Presario V5000t
Created by: Bill Giannikos,Last modification on Thu 16 of Aug, 2007 [07:30 UTC]by Bill Giannikos
This guide is intended to provide you details on how well this laptop works with Linux and which drivers you need to configure. For details on how to actually install and configure the required drivers have a look at our guides section for distribution specific instructions.
If you are looking to purchase this laptop you can visit HP's Presario notebook page.
Introduction
This is a guide to running Linux with the HP-Compaq Presario V5000t laptop. The Presario V5000t is a very cheap laptop with basically the minimum set of components currently available. Because of the Broadcom controller used, Linux support is poor.Editing This Page
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| Name | HP-Compaq Presario V5000t | |
| Processor | Intel Celeron-M 410 1.46GHz | |
| Screen | 15.4" WXGA | |
| RAM | 512MB | |
| HDD | 40GB | |
| Optical Drive | DVD-ROM/CD-RW | |
| Graphics | Intel Graphic Media Accelerator 950 | |
| Network | 10/100 Ethernet, Broadcom 4311 802.11g Wireless | |
| Other | 2 x USB2.0 | |
Linux Compatibility
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
| Processor | Yes | |
| Screen | Yes | |
| Optical Drive | Yes | |
| Graphics | Yes | |
| Sound | Yes | Use the snd-hda-intel driver |
| Ethernet | Yes | |
| Wireless | Yes | |
| 56K Modem | Not Tested | |
| USB | Yes | |
Notes
As default the Presario V5000t's native screen resolution is 1280x800, however due to the way the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 works this resolution would not be usable right away. To fix this issue you will need to use the 915resolution tool and follow our Configuring the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 & 950 guide.This Presario V5000t uses a Broadcom wireless controller which means that you will need to use ndiswrapper since there is no native drivers available for Linux. The windows drivers to use can be found on the HP website. For installation instructions, you can view our Configuring the ndiswrapper driver guide.
Related Resources
Preparing your laptop for LinuxConfiguring the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 & 950
Configuring the ndiswrapper driver for wireless controllers without native Linux drivers
Increasing battery life
Summary
Unfortunately the HP-Compaq Presario V5000t uses a Broadcom wireless network card which means that configuring this laptop for Linux is quite tricky.Have you installed Linux on this laptop? If so how about leaving a comment about your success in the comments section below.
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